IOTA OpenURL Glossary
This preliminary glossary defines various terms that are used in IOTA OpenURL quality project.

Presentations & Articles

Oliver Pesch, Improving OpenURL Linking, The Serials Librarian, v63, n2, pages 135-145, 2012: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0361526X.2012.689465
Abstract: Ever since OpenURL linking was introduced in 2000 by Herbert van de Sompel the link resolver has played an important role in providing users with access to the online resources they have rights to. From the start, one of the criticisms of OpenURL linking has been that it is not 100% successful-sometimes the user is presented with a link to full text, but that link fails. In 2010 a new National Information Standards Organization (NISO) workgroup was created to tackle the issue of OpenURL quality. This column will discuss this NISO initiative and look in detail at the proposed "Completeness Index" that promises a means of measuring the quality of OpenURLs being submitted by various content providers. The article will also discuss how some OpenURL quality issues may be more perception than reality and how librarians can configure their links and link resolvers to overcome these negative perceptions.

June 4, 2011NISO’s IOTA Initiative: Measuring the Quality of OpenURL LinksPresentation given by Rafal Kasprowski (Rice University) at NASIG Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO.January 9, 2011IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics
Presentation given at the ALCTS-CRS Continuing Resources Standards Update Forum at ALA Midwinter by Susan Marcin (Licensed Electronic Resources Librarian, Columbia University and IOTA Working Group member).
January 8, 2011IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through AnalyticsPresentation given at the ALCTS Holdings Committee at ALA Midwinter on the NISO project, IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics, by Oliver Pesch (Chief Strategist, E-Resource Access and Management Services, EBSCO Information Services and IOTA Working Group member). This presentation builds on work done by Rafal Kasprowski (Electronic Resources Librarian, Rice University and IOTA Working Group member) and others. It describes the problem space, the focus of the IOTA working group, and its status as of January 2011.

January 8, 2011IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics
Presentation given at the LITA Standards Interest Group at ALA Midwinter by Maria Stanton (Director of Content Operations, Serials Solutions and IOTA Working Group member).

January 7, 2011IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics
Presentation given at the LITA ERM Interest Group, ALA Midwinter on the NISO project, IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics, by Oliver Pesch (Chief Strategist, E-Resource Access and Management Services, EBSCO Information Services and IOTA Working Group member). This presentation builds on work done by Rafal Kasprowski (Electronic Resources Librarian, Rice University and IOTA Working Group member) and others and provides a quick overview of IOTA, the problem space, and the status.

January 7, 2011IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through AnalyticsUpdate given at the NISO AVIAC Meeting at ALA Midwinter by Maria Stanton (Director of Content Operations, Serials Solutions and IOTA Working Group member).